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DECATUR WEST: 7 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Macon County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1102844

MSHA record for DECATUR WEST (mine ID 1102844). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1989–1995
Latest incident
Oct 1995
Ownership history
  1. Lincoln Sand & Gravel Company 1986 to 1997
  2. Vulcan Materials Company 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

DECATUR WEST sits in Macon County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Macon County, Illinois · Population 102,591
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$62,449
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1995 · 1 incident

October 10, 1995 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lincoln Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE CHANGING SCREENS ON THE SAND PLANT, DROPPED THE TENSION BAR. BAR CAUGHT LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND AND SMASHED FINGER INTO BIN WALL.

1994 · 2 incidents

August 25, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lincoln Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MOVING BLOCK TO SET PLANT LEGS ON. HURT BACK. CAME TO WORK 8-26-94, BACK WAS HURTING. LEFT AT 11:00 AM.

May 6, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lincoln Sand & Gravel Company · Fall from machine

RAINING, SLIPPED ON WET & MUDDY SURFACE OF FENDER ADJUSTING LIGHT, FELL TO GROUND, LANDED ON FOOT, CAUSING BRUISE.

1993 · 1 incident

April 6, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lincoln Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PICKED UP 5 GAL GAS CAN WHICH I THOUGHT WAS FULL BUT WAS 1/2 FULL AND PULLED RIGHT ELBOW FUELING 4" WAKE PUMP.

1991 · 1 incident

1989 · 2 incidents

November 30, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lincoln Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE UNLOADING A 55 GAL DRUM FROM A LOADER BUCKET THE VICTIM PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE DRUM AND THE PROCESS PLANT. NO FRACTURE, BUT HAS FOUR STITCHES.

May 22, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lincoln Sand & Gravel Company · Fall from machine

THE MAN WAS GETTING OFF THE LOADER. AS HE WAS PREPAIRING TO GET ON THE LADDER HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND, HE PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK AND COMPRESSED TWO URTRBA IN HIS LOWER BACK.